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A mix of desert climate, high performance goals and the insight of a leader in sustainable design has yielded one of the first <a target="new" href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/03/what-is-leed/">LEED</a> Gold-certified straw-bale buildings in the world. Resource- and energy-efficient, the <a target="new" href="http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/pw/cip/tmf/">Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility</a> designed by <a target="new" href="http://www.hok.com/">HOK</a> exceeds <a target="new" href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/">California Energy Efficiency Standards</a> by more than 40 percent, securing a new standard for straw-bale in high performance building design.
The new transit facility was created as part of a citywide initiative to reduce hydrocarbon and ozone emissions from vehicles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/hoks-leed-gold-certified-straw-bale-building/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A mix of desert climate, high performance goals and the insight of a leader in sustainable design has yielded one of the first <a target="new" href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/03/what-is-leed/">LEED</a> Gold-certified straw-bale buildings in the world. Resource- and energy-efficient, the <a target="new" href="http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/pw/cip/tmf/">Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility</a> designed by <a target="new" href="http://www.hok.com/">HOK</a> exceeds <a target="new" href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/">California Energy Efficiency Standards</a> by more than 40 percent, securing a new standard for straw-bale in high performance building design.
The new transit facility was created as part of a citywide initiative to reduce hydrocarbon and ozone emissions from vehicles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/hoks-leed-gold-certified-straw-bale-building/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A mix of desert climate, high performance goals and the insight of a leader in sustainable design has yielded one of the first <a target="new" href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/03/what-is-leed/">LEED</a> Gold-certified straw-bale buildings in the world. Resource- and energy-efficient, the <a target="new" href="http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/pw/cip/tmf/">Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility</a> designed by <a target="new" href="http://www.hok.com/">HOK</a> exceeds <a target="new" href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/">California Energy Efficiency Standards</a> by more than 40 percent, securing a new standard for straw-bale in high performance building design.
The new transit facility was created as part of a citywide initiative to reduce hydrocarbon and ozone emissions from vehicles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/hoks-leed-gold-certified-straw-bale-building/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A mix of desert climate, high performance goals and the insight of a leader in sustainable design has yielded one of the first <a target="new" href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/03/what-is-leed/">LEED</a> Gold-certified straw-bale buildings in the world. Resource- and energy-efficient, the <a target="new" href="http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/pw/cip/tmf/">Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility</a> designed by <a target="new" href="http://www.hok.com/">HOK</a> exceeds <a target="new" href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/">California Energy Efficiency Standards</a> by more than 40 percent, securing a new standard for straw-bale in high performance building design.
The new transit facility was created as part of a citywide initiative to reduce hydrocarbon and ozone emissions from vehicles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/hoks-leed-gold-certified-straw-bale-building/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A mix of desert climate, high performance goals and the insight of a leader in sustainable design has yielded one of the first <a target="new" href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/03/what-is-leed/">LEED</a> Gold-certified straw-bale buildings in the world. Resource- and energy-efficient, the <a target="new" href="http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/pw/cip/tmf/">Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility</a> designed by <a target="new" href="http://www.hok.com/">HOK</a> exceeds <a target="new" href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/">California Energy Efficiency Standards</a> by more than 40 percent, securing a new standard for straw-bale in high performance building design.
The new transit facility was created as part of a citywide initiative to reduce hydrocarbon and ozone emissions from vehicles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/hoks-leed-gold-certified-straw-bale-building/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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A mix of desert climate, high performance goals and the insight of a leader in sustainable design has yielded one of the first LEED Gold-certified straw-bale buildings in the world. Resource- and energy-efficient, the Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility designed by HOK exceeds California Energy Efficiency Standards by more than 40 percent, securing a new standard for straw-bale in high performance building design.
The new transit facility was created as part of a citywide initiative to reduce hydrocarbon and ozone emissions from vehicles....